Changeable sign



C. MOORE.

CHANGEABLE SIGN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1921.

1,428,890. Patent/edSept. 5,1922.

Patented Sept.- 5, 1922.

warren s'rarss CHARLES MOORE, OF VISALIA, CALIFORNIA.

CHANGEABLE SIGN.

Application filed my 26, 1921. Serial No. 472,652.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES Moons, a citizen of the United States,residing at 'Yisalia, in the county of Tulare, State of California, haveinvented a new and useful Changeable Sign; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, olear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The invention relates to changeable signs and has for its ob'ect toprovide a device of this character a apted to be secured at a convenientpoint on a house or fence, and having thereon a dot and dash signalformed by removable dove-tailed blocks, said dot and dash signal showingthe call number for the house to be sounded on a horn of an automobileas they call for persons within the house. Also to provide the call signwith a call number or signal which may be changed and adapted to besounded on an automobile horn so that when an automobile horn sounds theparticular call all parties within g5 hearing of the horn will knowimmediately whether the call is for them or'not.

A further object is to provide a change able sign comprising a bodymember formed from sheet metal and bent to form a channel no spaced.from its opposite sides for the reception of removable blocks, saidblocks being frictionally held in the channel. Also to provide means forsecuring the body member to a support, said means also forming meanswhereby the frictional holding of the blocks may be varied.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the o5 invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective, view of the changeable sign.

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail sectional 0 View taken on line 2-2 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the changeable sign members.

Figure 4 is a front elevation of the sign showing the same attached to agate post.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1' designates a rectangularshaped sign plate preferably formed from sheet metal. Extendinglongitudinally of the sign plate 1 at substantially a central pointthereof is a bevelled groove 2, said groove being formed by bending themember 1 at the point 3 and 4. By so forming the bevelled groove it willbe seen that when itis dovetailed, the removable sign members5 and 6 areplaced within the roove 2, said sign members may be frictiona 1y heldtherein and by screwing inwardly or outwardly, the screws 1*,which arethreaded into the posts 7, the frictional holding of the blocks 5 and 6may be varied by longitudinally flexing the sign plate 1. It will alsobe seen that by bending the sign plate 1 the frictional engagement ofthe sign members 5 and 6 within the groove 2 may be varied.

It is the object of the invention to attach the sign to a house, or to afence post 7 where it can be easily seen by autoists as they approachthe house. As the automobilist approaches the house, he notes the sign1, and sees that the call signal for the particular house is set up indashes and dots on the sign. He then sounds the call signal for theparticular house accordingly. For purposes of illustration a dash andfour dots is shown on the sign and would be sounded by a long soundingof the horn followed by four short soundings of the horn, therebysignalling those persons within the house that someone from thatparticular house is wanted by persons within the automobile at thecurbstone.

The invention having, been set forth is claimed as new and useful is Adisplay sign plate for the reception of tongues of blocks, said platebeing formed what ' from sheet metal and bent centrally longitudinallythereof to form a channel. for receivin the tongues of the blocks, meanswhere 'y the sides of the plate may be secured to a a support with thebent portion 53; meesee of the sin in engagement with the sup ort Intestimony whereof I have signed my and the rear face of the sign spacedrom name to this specification in the presence of the support, saidsecuring means forming fnwo subscribing Witnesses.

means whereby the frictional holding of the CHARLES MOORE. 5 tongues ofthe blocks may be varied through Witnesses:

the longitudinal bending and flexing of the C. C. PnAnseN,

sign plate, J. '1. BROWN.

